Box or casing for street-car stoves



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J. SPEAR. BOX 0R CASING FOR STREET GAR STOVES. No. 449,008. PatentedMar. 24, 1891.

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No. 449,008. Patented Mar. 24, 1891.

ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES SPEAR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOX OR CASI NG FOR STREET-CAR STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,008, dated March24, 1891.

Application filed July 31,1890. Serial No. 360,562- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES SPEAR, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boxes or Casings ofStreet-Car Stoves, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists in providing the casing of a stove for a car,preferably a street car, with a frame having a floor and lid, formingtogether a concealed receptacle or locker for a coal-hod, &c., as willbe hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of a car-stove box or casingembodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a central Vertical sectionthereof. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of portions of the box orcasing, on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the box or casing of acar-stove, the same being formed of wood with a metal lining, as usual.At the top of the casing, at the back thereof, or side, if desired, isan offset or frame B, forming a space,which is provided with a floor O,which is properly supported therein, and forming together a receptacleor locker B, for receiving a coal hod or scuttle. At the top of thereceptacle is a lid D, which is hinged to the wall of the frame 13 andis in a measure continuous of the top plate E of the casing A. The floor0 and lid D are perforated, so that air that is admitted back of thecasing may readily pass through said floor and lid and escape at the topof the receptacle B and casing A.

It will be seen that when the lid D is closed the coal-hod ispractically concealed and it occupies a position out of the way, but maybe reached without difficulty, the receptacle not afiecting or changingthe general appearance of the front of the box or casing or of thestove. When the lid is raised, the receptacle B is open, whereby the hodis conveniently accessible and readily removable for purposes requiringthe same.

The floor O and lid D may be detached when so required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A frame at the side of the box or casing of a car-stove, a floor in saidframe, and a lid at or about the top of the same, forming a concealedreceptacle for a coal-hod, substantially v as described.

.JAMES SPEAR. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. JENNINGS.

